বাঙ্গালী

Bengali

Etymology

Compound of বাঙ্গালা (baṅgala) +‎ -ঈ (-i).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /baŋɡali/, [ˈbaŋɡaliˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /baŋɡali/, [ˈbaŋɡaliˑ]

Noun

বাঙ্গালী • (baṅgali) (objective বাঙ্গালী (baṅgali) or বাঙ্গালীকে (baṅgalike), genitive বাঙ্গালীর (baṅgalir), locative বাঙ্গালীতে (baṅgalite))

  1. Bengali people.

Antonyms

  • অবাঙ্গালী (obaṅgali, “non-Bengali”)

Descendants

  • → Burmese: ဘင်္ဂါလီ (bhanggali)

References

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